The open source project cloud-native-starter describes how to develop reactive applications with Quarkus. One of the demonstrated functions is reactive access to PostgreSQL. This article describes options how to deploy Postgres to Kubernetes environments and how to configure Quarkus to access it. (more…)

This article describes how to develop microservices with Quarkus which use Apache Kafka running in a Kubernetes cluster. (more…)

In the context of cloud-native applications the topic 'reactive' becomes more and more important, since more efficient applications can be built and user experiences can be improved. If you want to learn more about reactive functionality in Java applications, read on and try out the code. (more…)

I had the pleasure to get interviewed in two airhacks.fm podcasts by Java guru Adam Bien. It was a lot of fun. (more…)

At code.talks in Hamburg I gave a talk about microservices, Eclipse MicroProfile and Kubernetes. (more…)

In the first part of this article I explain the amazing technologies Quarkus and Knative. In the second part I describe how to write simple microservices with Quarkus in Visual Studio Code in just a few minutes. In the last part I walk you through the steps how to deploy and run microservices as serverless applications on Kubernetes via Knative. (more…)

My colleagues Harald Uebele and Thomas Südbröcker and I've written two workshops for developers how to get started with Red Hat OpenShift on the IBM Cloud. (more…)

This article describes Tekton, an open-source framework for creating CI/CD systems, and explains how to deploy and use it on the IBM Cloud Kubernetes service. (more…)

I created a short video (4 mins) where I describe why the IBM Cloud is a great cloud platform for application developers. (more…)